| 单词 | rain bucket |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrain bucket rain bucket n. a bucket used for collecting rainwater, esp. as a means of measuring rainfall. ΚΠ 1737 W. Oldys Brit. Librarian 177 Wren's Invention of the Rain-Bucket, to measure the Quantity that falls. 1878 Fitchburg (Mass.) Daily Sentinel 29 Apr. Has some spirit kicked the rain bucket over, with a view to the crops of grass and clover? 1990 St. Petersburg (Florida) Times (Nexis) 18 May 1 d He puts out rain buckets to catch water for plants. 2006 Lebanon (Pa.) Daily News (Nexis) 3 Mar. The station will collect data with several meteorological devices: a three-cup anemometer.., a thermometer, a barometer and a rain bucket. < as lemmas |
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